Dallas (SMU) – A certified minority- and female-owned company took top honors at this year’s
SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Awards ceremony.

Beatriz “Betty” Manetta

Argent Associates, Inc., founded in 1998 by
Beatriz “Betty” Manetta, is a systems integrator that provides innovative
technology products, services and supply chain solutions to enterprise and
government customers.

The announcement came at the annual SMU Cox Dallas 100™
Awards Ceremony and Banquet Thursday night, Nov. 13, at the Omni Dallas Hotel.

“Under
Betty Manetta’s leadership, Argent Associates has continued to grow and
distinguish itself as a national provider of supply-chain and IT services,” said
Simon Mak, associate director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at
the SMU Cox School of Business in Dallas. “We are very pleased to recognize
Argent Associates as the SMU Cox 2014 Dallas 100™ Awards’ No.1 company.”

For 24 years, SMU Cox has annually ranked the top 100 Dallas entrepreneurial
companies based on sales growth over a designated period. Argent Associates, now
a nation-wide corporation headquartered in Plano with locations in six other
states, had the biggest percentage sales increase and dollar growth for 2011 to
2013, as determined by the calculations of the accounting firm BKD CPAs and
Advisors. Focusing on telecommunications and the technology industry, Argent has
grown large enough in 15 years to be the parent company to three divisions.

Dallas
100™, co-founded by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, honors
the ingenuity, commitment and perseverance of the fastest-growing privately held
entrepreneurial businesses in the Dallas area. According to the Caruth
Institute’s data, this year’s winning companies collectively created 15,865 jobs
over two years. In addition, all 100 companies together achieved $4.4 billion in
sales in 2013 alone (the most recent year for which complete data is available)
and made $9.1 billion in sales over three years from 2011 to 2013.

“The
incredible growth and performance of the Dallas 100™ winners is a tribute to the
dynamic and vibrant entrepreneurial community in which we live,” said Jerry
White, director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox. “The
Dallas economy has been driven by entrepreneurs since its founding. With today’s
entrepreneurs, investors and supporting professionals, the economic future of
our area and beyond looks bright indeed.”

The Dallas
100™ Awards Ceremony is presented annually by SMU Cox. This year’s sponsors were
Avison Young, BKD CPAs and Advisors, Carr Intellectual Property Law, The CFO
Suite, The DallasBusiness Journal, Evos Financial, Executive
Press, KRLD 1080 News Radio and Texas Capital Bank. The event recognizes
privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships headquartered in
the area that often don’t get attention, but which have created jobs and
generated wealth for their founders and employees and enhanced the area economy.

A complete
list of all SMU Cox Dallas 100™ companies for this year, ranked from 1 to 100,
follows:

Rank

Company Name

City

1.

Argent
Associates, Inc

Plano

2.

WorldLink

Frisco

3.

Daseke, Inc.

Addison

4.

Senderra RX

Richardson

5.

Mach Speed
Holdings dba: Apollo Brands

Plano

6.

Wingspan
Portfolio Advisors

Dallas

7.

CenseoHealth

Dallas

8.

JW Logistics,
LLC

Frisco

9.

Everett
Financial, Inc. dba: Supreme Lending

Dallas

10.

Low T Center

Colleyville

11.

Knightvest

Dallas

12.

Civitas Capital
Group

Dallas

13.

Front Burner
Restaurants

Addison

14.

Topgolf
International, Inc.

Dallas

15.

CB JENI Homes

Plano

16.

Studio Movie
Grill

Dallas

17.

Alok
International

Dallas

18.

Dunhill Homes

Dallas

19.

Maestro Personal
Assistants

Carrollton

20.

Briggs Freeman
Sotheby's International Realty

Dallas

21.

Truco
Enterprises LP

Carrollton

22.

Clearview Energy

Dallas

23.

J. Hilburn

Dallas

24.

T-System

Dallas

25.

F2OnSite

Carrollton

26.

OneSource
Virtual

Irving

27.

National Roofing Partners

Coppell

28.

1000Bulbs.com

Garland

29.

Verveba Telecom
LLC

Richardson

30.

UR Holdings, LP

Carrollton

31.

C1S Group

Dallas

32.

Perimeter International dba PGL

Irving

33.

L&S Mechanical

Richardson

34.

Managed Staffing Group of Companies

Dallas

35.

Compass Professional Health Services

Dallas

36.

Pursuit of
Excellence, Inc

Dallas

37.

Gadberry Construction Company Co., Inc.

Dallas

38.

Multiview, Inc

Irving

39.

Insight
Mrechandising, Inc.

Grapevine

40.

Riveron Consulting

Dallas

41.

Paragon
Healthcare, Inc.

Dallas

42.

Wegman Partners
LLC

Dallas

43.

New Century
Hospice

Dallas

44.

Authentix, Inc.

Addison

45.

tekzenit

Irving

46.

j4
Development

Richardson

47.

70kft

Dallas

48.

Godwin Lewis PC

Dallas

49.

AccelSpine

Dallas

50.

5G
Studio Collaborative

Dallas

51.

Humphreys and
Partners Architects

Dallas

52.

MarketScout
Corporation

Dallas

53.

ZeOmega

Frisco

54.

Prime Controls,
LP

Lewisville

55.

ARGO Data
Resource Corp.

Richardson

56.

AustinCSI

Plano

57.

Suntex Ventures

Dallas

58.

Venus
Construction

Mansfield

59.

CONTI Organization

Addison

60.

Texas Republic
Bank, N.A.

Frisco

61.

HomeVestors of America, Inc.

Dallas

62.

Hail Merry, LLC

Dallas

63.

Millionaire
Network

Burleson

64.

Motio, Inc.

Dallas

65.

Webyshops

Arlington

66.

BKM Total Office
of Texas

Dallas

67.

WatchGuard Video

Allen

68.

Point 2 Point
Global Security, Inc.

Addison

69.

SFMC, LP

Richardson

70.

Skinny I.T.

Frisco

71.

Trophy Skin,
Inc.

Frisco

72.

NovaCopy

Irving

73.

YourCause, LLC

Carrollton

74.

Continental
Electronics Corp.

Dallas

75.

Daryl Flood,
Inc.

Coppell

76.

Sellmark

Mansfield

77.

Zeit Energy

Dallas

78.

Fruitables Pet
Food

Dallas

79.

Perennials Inc.

Dallas

80.

CLAY STAPP+CO

Dallas

81.

Anserteam
Workforce Solutions

Dallas

82.

EDGE Realty
Partners

Dallas

83.

Smocked Auctions

Dallas

84.

BSI Financial

Irving

85.

Timberhorn

Frisco

86.

Blue Rivers Partners, LLC

Dallas

87.

Tango Management
Consulting

Irving

88.

iConstruct, Inc

Allen

89.

Worksoft

Addison

90.

Statewide Remodeling

DFW Airport

91.

projekt202

Addison

92.

Viverae, Inc.

Dallas

93.

M&S Technologies

Dallas

94.

GSATi

Denton

95.

Lone Star
Analysis

Addison

96.

Southern Botanical, Inc.

Dallas

97.

MediGain, LLC

Plano

98.

Optimal Blue,
LLC

Plano

99.

THMED, LLC

Dallas

100.

Capital Title of Texas, LLC

Plano

About SMU Cox

The Cox School of Business
(cox.smu.edu), originally established in Dallas in 1920 on the campus of
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and was named in honor of
benefactor Edwin L. Cox in 1978. SMU

Cox offers a full range of highly-ranked
undergraduate and graduate business education programs: BBA, Full-Time MBA, Fast Track MBA, Professional MBA (PMBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), JD/MBA,
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Education and multiple certificate programs.

The school also offers a
number of unique resources and activities for students, including the Business
Leadership Center (BLC), the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, the Folsom
Institute for Real Estate, the Maguire Energy Institute, the Global Leadership
Program and the Associate Board Executive Mentoring Program, as well as an
international alumni network with chapters in more than 20 countries.